The College Choice Report is an annual report series that follows an ACT-tested graduating class from high school through their second year of college. The report for the graduating class of 2012 focuses on the relationships between students’ self-reported preferences for college type, location, and distance as well as students’ enrollment, persistence, and transfer at colleges matching these preferences.

Highlights

Preferences and Prospects (Part 1)

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The share of 2012 high school graduates who took the ACT® college readiness assessment. More about test taking

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The number of states in which 2012 high school graduates participated in a statewide administration of the ACT during 11th grade. More about time of first testing

Revisits the class of 2012 during their second year of college to report on student persistence within postsecondary education and to examine the relationships between their self-reported college preferences and their transfer patterns

An interactive version of the College Choice Report that provides visual comparisons of state- and region-aggregated information about the self-reported college preferences, enrollment patterns, and persistence and transfer rates of ACT-tested students